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Boat Prep in Trinidad with Leading the Escapades
At TotalBoat, we love hearing about your adventures, and we love when we can be a part of them! To kick off the new year, we’re sharing a recent video from Leading the Escapade, Janaya and Jason, 'two ocean loving...
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Sea Dreamer Project: Installing Plywood Bulkheads
TotalBoat Ambassador, Scott Smith, is among our squad of backyard boatbuilders who are making great progress on their wooden boat builds. Scott has poured all of his time and energy...
Read moreComparing TotalBoat Varnishes With Boatworks Today
Andy Miller knows a thing or two about boat work and marine finishes. He put a few of our TotalBoat marine varnish products to the test when he compared them...
Read moreMeet The Salvation Navy: Boating Videos & How-To’s
TotalBoat customer & filmmaker, Matt Cline, wrote a review to tell us how much he loves using TotalBoat on his 1973 Herreshoff America Catboat restoration. This sweet little catboat is...
Read moreMaking a Fiberglass Panel with Boatworks Today
Last week Boatworks Today marine repair wizard, Andy Miller, started a great conversation about which resin system is preferred for fiberglass boat repairs: epoxy resin or polyester resin. His preferred...
Read moreClever Fiberglass Repair Tips with Boatworks Today
Clever solutions to tricky problems are best shared with our customers so you can get right to your repairs without the guesswork and pitfalls of trial and error. Count on...
Read moreTotalBoat YouTube Ambassadors: Lessons in Learning
We’ve enjoyed discovering lots of new talents who are using and loving TotalBoat and sharing their experiences with their followers. YouTube has become a playground for makers and builders, dreamers,...
Read moreDiresta’s Workshop: Using Epoxy to Make a Knife Handle
An old friend of the Maker Godfather, Jimmy Diresta, once said “There’s more than one way to build a boat,” and so he used plastic for a wooden boat’s frames...
Read moreAcorn to Arabella: Cleaning Up and Working on Bronze Floors
We loved hosting Steve and Alix from Acorn to Arabella when they came to Rhody recently for the JD Tent Sale. Customers and fans were excited to meet the busy...
Read moreVarnishing with This Old House and Jimmy Diresta
Kevin O’Connor of This Old House has visited our friend Jimmy DiResta at his upstate NY farmhouse a few times for special projects. They have built a few dining tables, a...
Read moreMeet Acorn to Arabella Stars Steve & Alix at the JD Tent Sale!
Tomorrow, come by the Annual JD Tent Sale for a boatload of great deals on spring commissioning products, but stick around for the entertainment in the tent. Backyard Boat Building...
Read moreBoatworks Today: Reinforcing the Transom
When boat repair wizard Andy Miller of Boatworks Today bought this recently restored Bertram Moppie, he was not expecting to redo most of what the previous owner had already restored. But a close...
Read moreBoatworks Today: Fixing the Helm Station on Bertram Moppie Powerboat
Boatwright and YouTuber, Andy Miller, left a lot of people wondering how he would repair the holes in his fiberglass helm station. He wants to reconfigure the layout of his...
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